Hidden Bibliographic Details
| ISBN: | 9783319340487
3319340484
9783319340470
3319340476
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| Digital file characteristics: | text file PDF
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 8, 2017).
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| Summary: | This book tells the fascinating stories of the valiant women who broke down barriers to join the space program. Beginning with the orbital flight of USSR cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova in 1963, they became players in the greatest adventure of our time. The author contextualizes their accomplishments in light of the political and cultural climate, from the Cold War in the background to the changing status of women in society at large during the Seventies. The book includes the biographies of, and in some cases interviews with, the sixty women who flew in space in the first half century of space history. It reports their achievements and some little known details. The result is a gallery of pioneering women who reached for the stars: women who, with exceptional skill, hard work, and dedication, reached impressive careers as accomplished pilots, researchers, and engineers; many are now in high level managerial positions both at NASA or in public and private organizations, and all left a legacy of strength.
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| Other form: | Print version: Cavallaro, Umberto. Women spacefarers. Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017] 3319340476 9783319340470
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| Standard no.: | 10.1007/978-3-319-34048-7
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